The landmark Smith & Wollensky in New York City is located on the corner of Third Avenue and 49th Street, serving outstanding steakhouse fare that features USDA Prime steaks, dry aged and butchered on-premise. Opened in 1977, the original Smith & Wollensky has set the standard by which all other steakhouses are judged. The New York Times agrees, calling the restaurant “a steakhouse to end all arguments” and Gourmet said this is the “quintessential New York steakhouse.”

Although Smith & Wollensky has earned its reputation as the quintessential steakhouse, the menu is varied and offers many options beyond the signature exemplary steaks. Guests can also select from a variety of market-fresh seafood, poultry, and lamb. Delicious side dishes complete the meal, such as creamed spinach, hashed browns, and seasonal vegetables. The irresistible dessert selection ends the meal on a memorable note with a variety of decadent, housemade cakes, sorbets, and ice creams.

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Dined on March 6, 2020

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Really enjoyed our dinner there. The atmosphere was good, not too noisy. Serving sizes were too big. We ordered baked potatoes each...it would have been nice if the waiter had mentioned that the potatoes large....and they were. We would have only ordered one and shared it. That way there would not been wasted food.

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Dined on March 5, 2020

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Smith & Wollensky is one of our favorite restaurants in NYC and Chicago. The Prime Rib is superb!The only thing that surprised me this time is that having made the reservation long in advance, they offered us a table just next to the kitchen, which was very noisy,. It was only when I asked if there was a free table on the second floor that they seated us there.

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Dined on March 1, 2020

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Nice greeting on arrival, few drinks in bar with friendly barman, however on paying for drinks before dinner, I was told that 2 of my cards didn’t work.... had me worried for rest of the evening ( checked bank following day - no issues with any cards). 2 of 8 steaks over done, one steak cold.... on leaving lady in cloakroom would not give coat back yet she never gave out the ticket on arrival... had to get manager to sort it and she remained very rude.

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Dined on February 29, 2020

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The waiter was very misleading as to the sizes of the meat we were ordering, trying to push us to order more food than we could possibly eat. It was as if he had not met a quota for the month or wanted us to spend a lot more money to increase the tip. We did not follow his advise and still could not finish the food we ordered. The Prime Rib was poorly cooked. I had been there many times in the past, but will not return after the experience with the misleading and pushy waiter and the badly cooked Prime Rib.

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Dined on February 27, 2020

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I have eaten here every time I've visited New York. This time is the only time I have felt the experience was over-priced. We waited 20mins for a table that had been booked well in advance. The hash browns had a slightly burnt taste.

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Dined on February 24, 2020

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waited 45 minutes for a small steak & scallops, the waiter tried to blame it on the well done steak, it's very much a male dominated restaurant, ALL waiters were men not one woman in sight, considering the prices they could at least have the main courses come with some veg but no you have to pay $10 upwards for a side. It's very loud & the tables are very close together, we were there for 7.30pm Monday night & it seemed to be mainly business men, I would guess only 10% of the clientele was women. Cheapest bt of wine is $50. We only had 2 mains, 2 desserts, water & wine & the bill came to $203.Would not recommend this restaurant unless you're rich & don't mind getting ripped off.